End-gate lock



J. M. SISKO END GATE LOCK Filed March 18 INVENTOR. Jo/wv M, J/JKO A TTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 26, 1924. p

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. SISKO, F NESQUEI-IONING, PENNSYLVANIA.

END-GATE LOOK.

Application filed March 18, 1924. Serial No. 700,082.

To all whom it may concern: 20 while the bottom of the wagon is formed Be it known that I, JOHN M. SIsKo, a with a keeper 21. One end of the locking -15 citizen of the United States, residing at bar 17 is angularly bent downward as at 22 Nesquehoning, in the county of Carbon and and is adapted to engage in the keeper 21 State of Pennsylvania, have invented cerwhile the other end is adapted to engage in tain new and useful Improvements in Endthe keeper 20. A spring 22 urges the lock- Gate Locks, of which the following is a ing bar into its locked position. The oper- 50 specification, reference being had to the acation of this device will be obvious from companying drawings. what has gone before. Vhen the end gate This invention relates to end gates and is closed the ends of the locking bar are posiparticularly to means for holding and locktioned one within the keeper and the ing end gates in place. The object of the other within the keeper 21 and are held in invention is to provideavcry simple, readily this position by means of the spring 22 operated and cheaply made construction of which at its outer end is attached to the 15 this character which will securely lock the end gate in any suitable manner. Normally end gate at a plurality of points and hold the end gate is held locked by the spring 22 the end gate in closed position. and when it is desired to unlock the end My invention is illustrated in the accomgate the lever 14; is pressed by means of its panying drawings wherein handle, thus lifting the locking spring 22 20 Figure 1 is an end view 01": a wagon showand retracting the opposite end of the bar ing my end gate applied thereto, the locktrom the keeper 20. It will be seen that ing device in looking position; this device is very simple and readily Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of operated. Figure 1; Having thus described my invention what 35 Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-45 of I claim is 2- Figure 1; The combination of an end gate and a Figure s is a like view to Figure 3, but wagon body, one of the side walls of the showing the gate swung outward. wagon body having a keeper and the bottom Referring to these drawings, 10 desigof the wagon body having a keeper, a lock- 30 nates the end gate itself, 11 the side walls of ing bar, one end of which is angularly bent the wagon and 12 the bottom of the wagon. and adapted to engage in the last named Mounted upon the rear face of the end gate keeper and the other end being adapted to is a bridge piece 13 and pivoted to this engage in the first named keeper, a lever bridge piece is a lever 14. this lever having pivoted upon the face of the end gate and an upwardly and laterally extending handle operatively engaged. with the bar whereby 15, being curved where it passes beneath the bar may be shifted to carry the ends out the bridge piece and being pivoted thereto of engagement with the keeper and a spring 50 as at 16. The lever beyond said curve is holding the locking bar in engagement with bent directly downward and is attached to the keeper. what may be termed a locking bar 17 which In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my extends transversely across the tail gate or signature. end gate, passing through the guides 19. One side wall 11 is formed with a keeper JOHN M. SISKO. 

